All MCA Insight articles in August 2019 – Page 6
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News
Price of soft drinks on the up as index reaches new high
Inflation seen across mineral Water, soft drinks and juice has pushed the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index to its highest level for the non-alcoholic beverage categories – up 21.6% year-on-year in June 2019.
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Analysis & Insight
Customers more critical in evenings
Customers of restaurants and bars are most critical during the evenings, with loud music a frequent bugbear, data from Feed It Back reveals.
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News
Pub People Co to expand drafthouse concept
Pub People Co has taken on its eighth site through Star Pubs & Bars, as it looks to expand its Six Barrel Drafthouse concept.
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News
CDG signs up to poultry welfare commitment
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has signed up to the European Chicken Commitment, following in the footsteps of KFC UK & Ireland.
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Analysis & Insight
Disorderly Brexit could cost sector £5.4bn
The UK eating & drinking out market has lost £1.4bn in value as a result of the Brexit vote, according to economic estimates by MCA.
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News
Dishoom sees profits leap in 2018
Dishoom has reported a jump in profit before tax, from £0.9m in 2017 to £2.3m for the 52 weeks to 30 December 2018.
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News
Tossed promotes Sebba to MD
Healthy eating operator Tossed has promoted Neil Sebba to the role of managing director.
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News
Restaurants outpace pubs on July comparables
Restaurant groups achieved a 3.8% increase in collective like-for-like (lfl) sales last month, against July last year, while pub sales slipped back -0.2% due to tougher comparables, according to the latest Coffer Peach Tracker.
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Opinion
New adventures
Tom Kidd, managing director of Adventure Bar Group, talks to Jo Bruce about expansion plans, its Leicester Square opening, and a new name.
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News
Byron to open at 9am and target breakfast
Byron Burger will open at 9am and trial a variety of breakfast/brunch options when it opens its refurbished its High Street Kensington Store, CEO Simon Wilkinson has told MCA.
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Interviews
Big Interview: Byron boss on burgers, breakfast and Brexit
It’s fitting that Simon Wilkinson joined Byron Burger as CEO on the first of May, aka Mayday, aka the universal call of distress. Established in 2007, Byron was once a leader in the premium burger space, and it was sold for a very tasty £100m in 2013. But it was subsequently troubled by a combination of new competition and the general malaise affecting the sector and it came close to collapse. In January 2018 it underwent a CVA restructure that saw it close around a third of its 67-strong estate.
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News
Supermac’s eyes UK following McDonald’s trademark ruling
Irish fast food chain is looking to set up shop in London within the next year, following the end of a branding dispute with McDonald’s, reports MCA’s sister title BigHospitality.
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Opinion
MCA Introduces… Hard Rock Cafe Piccadilly
Last month saw the opening of Hard Rock International’s new flagship European café in London’s Piccadilly Circus. MCA deputy editor Georgi Gyton spoke to area vice president Stefano Pandin about the new modern vision for the brand and how it has stood the test of time since its launch in 1971.
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Opinion
Bones Daddies’ Ross Shonhan: ‘People think Japanese food is not evolving’
The restaurateur behind Flesh & Buns and Shackfuyu talks to Tom Lee, editor at MCA’s sister title Food Spark, about his latest concept, why bowl food is a lunchtime star and how to take Japanese cuisine beyond its traditional, old-fashioned image.
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News
Indico heading for The Mailbox
Indian street food concept Indico has secured a unit at The Mailbox in Birmingham, its second iteration from multiple operator Faheem Badur.
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News
Gusto launches new rewards programme
Italian restaurant business Gusto has launched a new loyalty programme called Gusto Gold Rewards.
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News
Manchester, Liverpool and Cambridge lead growth in demand for high street property
Manchester, Liverpool and Cambridge have seen the steepest increase in demand for high street commercial property, according to an analysis by property website the Requirement List.
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News
Chilango boosts throughput by 22.5% with kiosk tech
Burrito brand Chilango has boosted its throughput by up to 22.5% during busy periods after installing self-ordering kiosks, CEO Eric Partaker has revealed.
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Analysis & Insight
Street food leads growth in eating out market
Street food and mobile operations are leading growth in eating out and outperforming the wider market, MCA research reveals.
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News
Homeslice founder Ry Jessup leaves business
Homeslice Pizza founder Ry Jessup has left the restaurant business, MCA understands.